Shout out! Win the stepping stone. Chirinos 12W → Kim Young-woo 5H → Yoo Young-chan 20S LG, 3-2 Jin Sweat to Lotte in the 9th inning
Sep 02, 2025
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LG won 3-2 at home against the Lotte Giants on the 2nd with starter Chirinos' seven scoreless innings. LG, which won four consecutive games against Lotte, solidified its No. 1 position with 77 wins, 3 draws, and 46 losses.
Lotte, which is fiercely competing in the semifinals, chased two points in the top of the ninth inning, but lost 62 wins, 6 draws and 60 losses due to the disappointing loss. It was fourth place without a ride with SSG and Samsung, but Samsung's ranking is bound to go down because there is no game on the day.
LG's starting lineup consisted of Shin Min-jae (2nd baseman), Moon Sung-joo (right wing), Austin (1st baseman), Moon Bo-kyung (designated hitter), Oh Ji-hwan (striker), Koo Bon-hyuk (3rd baseman), Park Dong-won (catcher), Chun Sung-ho (left wing), and Park Hae-min (middle fielder). Kim Hyun-soo, who has thigh muscle pain, was given a break.
Lotte's starting players are Park Chan-hyung (third baseman), Ko Seung-min (right fielder), Yoon Dong-hee (middle fielder), Reyes (left fielder), Na Seung-yeop (first baseman), Yoo Kang-nam (fosu), Noh Jin-hyuk (designated hitter), Han Tae-yang (second baseman), and Lee Ho-joon (striker). In the expanded entry LG, five players were called up, including Park Myung-geun, Kim Jin-soo (pitcher), Kim Sung-woo (poster), Lee Young-bin (infielder), and Kim Hyun-jong (outfielder), while pitcher Park Jin-hyung and Jung Sung-jong and infielder Kim Min-sung and Park Seung-wook came up for Lotte. The other one is a catcher's information worker, and the call-up will be made on the 3rd, when the first team can be registered.
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Yoni Chirinos has 11 wins, 4 losses and a 3.47 ERA in 25 games this season, and was good in August. He pitched in five games and recorded a 3.10 ERA with three wins and no losses. But it wasn't that good against Lotte. He pitched in two games and recorded one win, but his ERA was 5.73, the highest among nine teams.
Chirinos, who won his first game with five hits, three walks and two runs in six innings in Jamsil on March 22, was shaken by eight hits (one home run), one walk, two strikeouts and six runs (five earned) in five innings in Jamsil on August 21. He had a good performance in August, but only the Lotte match was bad.
Lotte starter Park Se-woong has 11 wins and 10 losses with a 4.94 ERA in 24 games, only once against LG. It was also his first appearance this season, but the result was not good. On March 23, he became a losing pitcher with eight hits (three home runs) with six strikeouts and four runs in five innings in Jamsil. At that time, Moon Bo-kyung, Park Dong-won, and Austin hit home runs.
Park Se-woong, who continued his good performance with 8 wins and 3 losses and 3.34 ERA until May, has not been good since June. He had three wins and seven losses with an earned run average of 6.72 in 12 games. He showed no rebound in August as well. In five games, he has won one and lost four games with a 5.40 ERA, but has lost four consecutive games recently.
Both were anxious, but they pitched well.
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Park Se-woong also threw 99 pitches in six ⅔ innings, recording a quality start with seven hits, no four outs, four strikeouts, and two runs. Two runs were disappointing in the bottom of the third inning, and it did not collapse even in several crises.
LG led by scoring a decisive first point in the bottom of the third inning. The lead, Chun Sung-ho, hit a double to left-center, and Shin Min-jae hit a double to right-center to make it 1-0. Moon Sung-joo's right-handed hit made it 1st and 3rd base with 1 out, and Austin hit a big sacrifice fly in front of the fence in the middle to make it 2-0.
LG had additional scoring opportunities in the bottom of the fourth inning with one out and second base and one out in the bottom of the seventh inning, but unfortunately, no shot came out.
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The long-awaited extra point came out in the bottom of the eighth inning. Oh Ji-hwan's sacrifice fly to right field came out on the second and third bases with one out made by Moon Sung-joo's hit, Austin's walk, and Moon Bo-kyung's infield ground ball to make it 3-0.
LG closer Yoo Young-chan came out in the top of the ninth inning, and Lotte created the best opportunity. Na Seung-yeop drew a straight walk on Ko Seung-min's infield hit and Reyes' right-handed hit to load the bases with one out. And veteran Kim Min-sung, who returned to the first division, stepped up as a pinch hitter. When he hit a clean left-handed hit, two players homered and 2-3. And while left fielder Choi Seung-min spilled the ball, pinch runner Kim Dong-hyuk, who went to second base, ran to third base, followed by a chance of one out and runners on first and third bases.
Roh Jin-hyuk struck out swinging and got two outs. At this time, Jang Doo-sung, a runner on first base, ran to second base and became a second and third base with two outs. A single hit can lead to a reversal.
Yoo Young-chan was shaken again in the match against Han Tae-yang. He threw three balls in a row in 1B1S and loaded the bases with two outs again.
Lee Ho-joon finished the game with Yoo Young-chan striking out the rookie in 2B2S
Yoo Young-chan managed to make 20 saves of the season, achieving 20 saves for the second consecutive year following 26 saves last year.
LG's Moon Sung-joo showed good batting performance by hitting half of the team's eight hits alone with four hits in four at-bats.
Lotte's batters failed to help Park Se-woong's good pitching. He had only three hits until the eighth inning. The jujube battle was held in the ninth inning, but the last shot did not come out.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
